Rui Sá Lemos, Certified Trainer at our school, and coach with experience ate FC Porto, Vizela FC and Portimonense SC. PT: Looking at human beings, they benefit from a certain consistency, such as the circadian cycle or the same number of days between games. But nowadays all that doesn't exist. Looking at your experience, what do you take into account to try to minimize the impact of these constant changes? Rui Sá Lemos: Yeah, I think, first of all, it's very related to what you do in the drill and the message you send to the players. [...]

Rui Sá Lemos, certified trainer at our school, and coach with experience ate FC Porto, Vizela FC and Portimonense SC. PT: Can you tell us about your experience of understanding the theoretical side of Tactical Periodization and then moving on to the practical side? Rui Sá Lemos: I think that when people think about and read Tactical Periodization, Miguel, they really need to – like there is a video of a Chinese kid doing this. You know that video where he's in school, doesn't want to learn, and does this to try to put information in. And [...]

Bruno Oliveira Assistant Football Coach in Al-Arabe SC, Al-Duhail Sports Club, Leicester City FC, Swansea City AFC, Queens Park Rangers FC, FC Porto, Lekhwiya, Beijing, Renhe FCCo-author of “Mourinho – why so many wins?” He as a Degree in Physical Education and Sports by University of Porto – Sports Faculty (focus Football). TP: How you deal with this reality of the Performance Departments? Like everything, it's a lot of common sense and a lot of man management skills. You cannot arrive, in my opinion, or if you are Mourinho, Guardiola or Klopp, you arrive and you do whatever [...]

Bruno Oliveira Assistant Football Coach in Al-Arabe SC, Al-Duhail Sports Club, Leicester City FC, Swansea City AFC, Queens Park Rangers FC, FC Porto, Lekhwiya, Beijing, Renhe FCCo-author of “Mourinho – why so many wins?” He as a Degree in Physical Education and Sports by University of Porto – Sports Faculty (focus Football). TP: Could you explain to us what is mainly your role with the coaches you worked with so far? Yeah, I think the other day I was doing the maths and I think it's eight or nineth coach now. So obviously each one of them has [...]

David Tenney is the High Performance Director of Austin FC, in MLS, a former Master’s Student and a Certified Coach by the Official School of Tactical Periodisation®, and currently is finishing our Training for Trainers Course.  He talked with us about this new age that football is currently living, where data and Performance Departments are consolidated in Football reality. TP: Have you ever felt that Tactical Periodization® didn’t work in this group and how you manage that if it ever happened? In my perspective, obviously I'm only 15 months into feeling like I'm using it. I think [...]

David Tenney is the High Performance Director of Austin FC, in MLS, a former Master’s Student and a Certified Coach by the Official School of Tactical Periodisation, and currently is finishing our Training for Trainers Course.  He talked with us about this new age that football is currently living, where data and Performance Departments are consolidated in Football reality. TP: Yes, because the line between losing control and not losing it is very thin. And the dose control is essential... David Tenney: If they trust you, on the Thursday your session can be at the highest level [...]

David Tenney is the High Performance Director of Austin FC, in MLS, a former Master’s Student and a Certified Coach by the Official School of Tactical Periodisation, and currently is finishing our Training for Trainers Course.  He talked with us about this new age that football is currently living, where data and Performance Departments are consolidated in Football reality. TP: Considering how the technical staff has experienced significant growth in the last decade. Now, it's a much more complex landscape. The outcome, which is training, has become a much more intricate process because it involves not only [...]

David Tenney is the High Performance Director of Austin FC, in MLS, it’s a former Master’s Student and Certified Graduate of our School, and currently is finishing our Training for Trainers Course.  He talked with us about this new age that football is currently living, where data and Performance Departments are consolidated in Football reality. TP: Tell us a little about your current role. David Tenney:I consider myself fortunate to have landed here in Austin FC, managing the role of High Performance Director. In this capacity, I work closely with the coaches to oversee the training program, [...]

Francisco Fardilha, Elite Speaker in our School, Founder of “Special Interest Coaching Research Group”, Higher Education Academy member, British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists member, Portuguese society of Sports Psychology member, Teaching Impact Award winner (2019), University of Porto – Sports Faculty. Currently is the Football General Director of Bayern München Women. TP: What did you identify as limitations that affect the positive development of creativity in professional academies? Francisco Fardilha: There were some issues in academies and this is what I found really interesting because we've been focusing so much on the individual level, on [...]